February 2008 - Posts
As you all know sometimes we execute global marketing campaigns with local customisation - but in some cases we want to do things uniquely for the Australian market. Our newly launched mining campaign for partner is an example of the latter. Find out
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Yes, we have opened up pre-registration. Our venue is smaller than last year so you need to register quickly. This year the event is only open to Gold and Certified partners. Pre-register here (you will need your partner ID for this, and a LiveID account):
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See http://blogs.msdn.com/mheald/archive/2008/02/28/heroes-happen-2008-sydney-australia-launch-of-windows-server-sql-server-visual-studio-2008.aspx Thanks to all the partners who attended last night - we got some great feedback on the night but feel free
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Well after months of planning and ramping up - it's time to formally launch our wave products to customers and partners. Steve Ballmer did the worldwide launch in Los Angeles and the Australian launch kicked off to customers this morning with keynote
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"Are you an IT Salesperson, Developer, Business Analyst or Consultant and have heard of a range of business applications called Microsoft Dynamics but not sure what they are? Who sells or uses them? and What are the benefits? If this is you, we’d like
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http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog/archive/2008/02/27/new-microsoft-tool-readying-customers-and-partners-for-the-windows-server-2008-wave.aspx
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http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2008/02/27/partner-tv-emantra.aspx
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This 2 day interactive sales training course provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully sell the “Wave” products i.e. Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. The focus of the course is to provide sales
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A little slow to blog this but an important announcement nevertheless and with definite implications for our partner channel: " REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 21, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business
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I have local responsibility for the CPLS channel (=official Microsoft training partner) including a partner account manager in my team. I think about that awesome set of partners helping the broader partner channel and Microsoft by enabling skills in
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http://microsoft-crm-au.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!4D66C5AE1389F5D8!284.entry
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This is an important announcement for our infrastructure partners and SBSCs in particular - all about our new midsized and small business servers. Great business opportunities for all ! " REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 20, 2008 — To help small and midsize organizations
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I think this is very exciting and wil ultimately help feed people into the partner ecosystem: http://www.crn.com.au/News/70522,microsoft’s-bid-to-address-it-skills-shortage.aspx or " PALO ALTO, Calif. — Feb. 18, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates
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http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/02/16/sharepoint-advanced-content-videos-and-whitepapers-now-available-on-technet.aspx "The topics include: Overview: Office SharePoint Server server farm architecture Overview: Configuring server farms Securing
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1. Where can I find prescriptive guidance on upgrading to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft applications support for Windows Server 2008? Upgrading Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Timeline for Microsoft server application to support
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http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/archive/2008/02/15/windows-vista-sp1-available-for-download-technet-plus.aspx
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http://www.voicesforinnovation.org Lots more functionality in there - you can now personalise the website, do peer to peer connecting etc. Go sign up today !
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Emantra have launched an innovative service based on WS2008 to help partners and customers test the performance and functionality on IIS7.0. http://www.iis7forheroes.com/ We have a Partner TV video coming on this soon !
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We have an exciting technical training schedule for partners just launched: https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40039523
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We had an enquiry recently from a partner wanting to clarify the SLA on the Business Critical Support service. In doing our response we collated a couple of the key resources for all levels of partner to see what is available: 1. Interactive tech support
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http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2008/02/01/partner-tv-cargowise.aspx Christian talks to Richard White, CEO of CargoWise. It's nice to hear from a local partner directly on what they do, and how they work with Microsoft. Let me know if you like
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Via Christian : " As per the normal tradition of a launch, the obligatory T-shirt is an absolute must. Click here to take the quiz (you'll need to sign in) and correctly answer 8 out of 10 questions about Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual
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http://port25.technet.com
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Good post by Steve Clayton in the UK including a link to a useful white paper on the subject. I have read the David Chappell paper and it's a really good summary for Microsoft partners to start de-mystifying S+S: " I haven't talked directly about Software
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We are really pleased with the following changes which Action Pack subscribers should have been told through a recent email - it's definitely a case of providing feedback and Microsoft listening and changing accordingly. "Attention Action Pack Subscribers:
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Via Mark Harrison: "The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool v1.0 is now available. The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool is a set of free models of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). The two models
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Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving
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A couple of big announcements we've just made - yes, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 have just been released to manufacturing. http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/02/04/announcing-the-rtm-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-04VistaSP1MA.mspx
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Partners need to keep their certified staff exams up to date to ensure compliance with the program requirements but more importantly to demonstrate to customers that they have staff genuinely skilled on the latest MS technologies. We are running a worldwide
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Helping influencing (non-reselling) partners understand the basics of our licensing models is a key priority for us in 2008 - following on from the highly successful courses we ran in 2007, we are back with more ! Via Wendy's SBSC blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsc_australia/archive/2008/02/03/new-improved-right-license-right-customer-licensing-the-big-ten.aspx
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http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2008/02/01/partner-tv-networking-plus.aspx Want to tell other partners about your partner business ? Get in touch via this blog....
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